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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1941
Page
3
Work starts during Christmas holidays on the Louisiana Tech campus between the administration building and the library. H. C. Pyburn says the project aims to be finished by January 5. Sidewalks, terraces, and concrete wells will be installed. paving plans depend on WPA approval amid material delays.
Richard Leon Watson, 19, seaman first class in the United States Navy, is listed as unaccounted for after the Pearl Harbor battle. Parents Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Watson of Jones, Louisiana, were informed. Watson finished Bonita High School in 1940 and enlisted the following August. The article also notes campus paving plans at a Ruston Tech center, including road blacktopping from the men's gym behind the stadium to Hergot street and surfacing of Hergot street, with delays to allow removal of electrical equipment. A truck driveway will be built at the Tech laundry to avoid mud, and grounds behind the dining hall are being leveled and sodded after bricks were sold to the dean for use on the Tech farm. The note mentions Ocean Island's location between Australia and the Hawaiian Islands.
Washington December 25 The Postmaster General Frank C Walker urged Congress to place soldiers letters on the free list for mailing outside the continental United States He also announced immediate rate reductions on air mail and parcel post to and from servicemen at US outposts Domestic air mail remains 6 cents per half ounce for service members abroad with fourth class rates applying for air mail between mailing post and unloading office.
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